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Ranger 3
Atlas Agena B · Lunar Exploration
1962Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Ranger 3 was a spacecraft designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface during the last 10 minutes prior to impacting the Moon. A malfunction in the booster guidance system resulted in excessive spacecraft speed. Ranger 3 missed the Moon by 36,800 km and is now in a heliocentric orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena B
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2